Leishmaniasis

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Protozoa - Vector transmitted
Caitlin  Wringe
Quiz by Caitlin Wringe , updated more than 1 year ago
Caitlin  Wringe
Created by Caitlin Wringe over 5 years ago
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Question 1

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Label the life cycle of Leishmaniasis
Answer
  • infective stage
  • diagnostic stage
  • Diagnostic stage
  • Infective stage
  • Promastigotes injected into skin
  • Amastigotes injected into skin
  • Promastigotes engulfed by macrophages
  • Amastigotes engulfed by macrophages
  • Promastigotes turn into amastigotes
  • Amastigotes turn into promastigotes
  • Amastigotes multiply via binary fission
  • Amastigotes multiply via sexual repro
  • Sandfly ingests infected macrophages
  • Sandfly ingests infected amastigotes
  • Ingestion of parasitic cell
  • Ingestion of amastigotes
  • Amastigotes form promastigotes in midgut
  • Amastigotes form promastigotes in foregu
  • Binary fission in midgut. Epimastigote
  • Binary fission in foregut. Amastigote

Question 2

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What are the clinical forms of leishmaniasis in humans, dogs, etc.?
Answer
  • Visceral, cutaneous, mucocutaneous
  • Visceral, cutaneous, parietal
  • Parietal, subcutaneous, cutaneous
  • Parietal, visceral, subcutaneous

Question 3

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[blank_start]Promastigotes[blank_end] are found in the [blank_start]gut[blank_end] of the sandfly and have a forward, extending [blank_start]flagellum[blank_end] and the [blank_start]kinetoplast[blank_end] is located near the anterior end of body.
Answer
  • Promastigotes
  • Amastigotes
  • gut
  • host tissues
  • flagellum
  • cilia
  • kinetoplast
  • kinetoplasm

Question 4

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[blank_start]Amastigotes[blank_end] lack [blank_start]flagellum[blank_end] and found in vertebrate [blank_start]host tissues.[blank_end]
Answer
  • Amastigotes
  • Promastigotes
  • flagellum
  • kinetoplast
  • host tissues.
  • guts

Question 5

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What does this dog have?
Answer
  • Leishmaniasis
  • T. cruzi

Question 6

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Leishmania leads to the destruction of reticuloendothelial cells and therefore susceptibility to secondary pathogens.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

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Clinical signs include; [blank_start]bleeding[blank_end], [blank_start]seizures[blank_end], [blank_start]hair loss[blank_end], [blank_start]skin lesions[blank_end], [blank_start]swollen limbs[blank_end], [blank_start]chronic wasting[blank_end], [blank_start]kidney failure[blank_end] and [blank_start]hepatosplenomegly[blank_end].
Answer
  • bleeding
  • anorexia
  • seizures
  • convulsions
  • hair loss
  • weight loss
  • skin lesions
  • vomiting
  • swollen limbs
  • incoordination
  • chronic wasting
  • depression
  • kidney failure
  • liver failure
  • hepatosplenomegly
  • hepatomegaly

Question 8

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What diagnostic methods are best for Leishmania detection?
Answer
  • Aspirates of lymph nodes, bone marrow, spleen
  • PCR, ELISA
  • Fecal flotation
  • Direct smear
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